Heinemann2017a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Heinemann2017a |
| Author(s) | Trine Heinemann |
| Title | Receipting Answers That are Counter to Expectations: The Polar Question-Answer- N\aa Sequence in Danish |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Polar interrogatives, answers, interactional linguistics |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Month | jul |
| Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 50 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 249–267 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2017.1340705 |
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Abstract
This article explores the use of the Danish change-of-state token n\aa as it is used in polar Q(uestion)-A(nswer) sequences. N\aa is more generally employed in Danish to register an informing, whether this informing was solicited by the producer of n\aa or not. In polar Q-A sequences, n\aa is used to register solicited informings and here serves exclusively to receipt answers that counter the questioner's expectations and that may thus require a redirection of action. I rely on both distributional and sequential evidence to illustrate this. First, in polar Q-A sequences where n\aa is produced, answers that are nonconfirming and/or not type-conforming are overrepresented, when compared to polar Q-A sequences in general. Second, participants orient in additional ways to their expectations being countered in polar Q-A-n\aa sequences, for instance, by explicating why the answer was counter to their expectations or what consequences this will have for them. Data are in Danish with English translation.
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